title: Acute MI in a stented patient following snake bite-possibility of stent thrombosis - a case report.
abstract: Acute myocardial infarction following snake bite is rare with few reported cases in literature. A 60-year-old male underwent uneventful stenting to a critical stenosis in left anterior descending coronary artery in June 2012. A month later, he presented to the local hospital with history of snake bite. During admission he developed chest pain with ST-segment elevation in anterior leads consistent with stent thrombosis. He was successfully thrombolysed and his coronary angiogram 5 days later revealed patent stent with TIMI III flow and no evidence of thrombus.
authors.affiliation: Director Cath Lab & Senior Interventional Cardiologist, Ruby Heart Care Centre, Tilak Nagar, Veer Sawarkar Chowk, Aurangabad 431005, Maharashtra, India. Electronic address: satishroplekar@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Roplekar
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Satish
authors.forename: Roplekar
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kanchan
authors.forename: Rajebhosale
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yashawant
authors.forename: Deshpande
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ashish
authors.forename: Roplekar
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kedar
mesh_terms: D056988:Anterior Wall Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000628:therapy; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012909:Snake Bites / Q000150:complications*; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects